Gillray087 ~ 'Political Dreamings' ~ Originally published by Hannah Humphrey, London, November 9, 1801. This late 'Bohn' edition circa 1851. ~ Hand colored Etching ~ Gillray satirizes Britain's Secretary of War, William Windham, illustrated with his nightmares of a French invasion. Napoleon Bonparte is pictured with a dejected Britannia and a guillotine. Prime Minister William Pitt can be seen to his left.
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